I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but could not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts here and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini digital FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a big deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

regards
Ron Wiebe

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:
I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but could not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts here and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini digital FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a big deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

Coby is low-end junk. I'd look at what Sony or Sangean have in that prive
range. C. Crane (www.ccrane.com) usually carries all, or most, of the
Sangean line and are an excellent dealer to boot.

How's the DT 110?


"Mike S." wrote in message
...

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:
I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but could
not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts here
and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will
transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini digital
FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am
rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a big
deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would
prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

Coby is low-end junk. I'd look at what Sony or Sangean have in that prive
range. C. Crane (www.ccrane.com) usually carries all, or most, of the
Sangean line and are an excellent dealer to boot.

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:

"Mike S." wrote in message
...

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:
I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but could
not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts here
and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will
transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini digital
FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am
rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a big
deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would
prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

Coby is low-end junk. I'd look at what Sony or Sangean have in that prive
range. C. Crane (www.ccrane.com) usually carries all, or most, of the
Sangean line and are an excellent dealer to boot.


How's the DT 110?

Not the best performer of the lot, but for the price it'd almost certianly
out-perform the Coby.

What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe



"Mike S." wrote in message
...

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:

"Mike S." wrote in message
...

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:
I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but
could
not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts
here
and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will
transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini
digital
FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am
rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this
radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a big
deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would
prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

Coby is low-end junk. I'd look at what Sony or Sangean have in that
prive
range. C. Crane (www.ccrane.com) usually carries all, or most, of the
Sangean line and are an excellent dealer to boot.


How's the DT 110?

Not the best performer of the lot, but for the price it'd almost certianly
out-perform the Coby.

A radio WITHOUT a speaker?



"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message
...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe



"Mike S." wrote in message
...

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:

"Mike S." wrote in message
...

In article ,
Ron Wiebe ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote:
I realize that this question has nothing to do with shortwave, but
could
not
think of another group to post this question. I read several posts
here
and
this seems like a knowledgable group so here goes...

Our church is planning to purchase a translation system that will
transmit
on the regular FM band. I am looking for recomendations for mini
digital
FM
radios that cost around $20. I was looking at the Coby CX-9, but am
rather
leary of buying it without recommendations. Has anyone tried this
radio
before, or does anyone have a better sugestion? It would not be a
big
deal
to buy one to try it out, but we need 20 matching radios and I would
prefer
to buy them in one purchase.

Coby is low-end junk. I'd look at what Sony or Sangean have in that
prive
range. C. Crane (www.ccrane.com) usually carries all, or most, of the
Sangean line and are an excellent dealer to boot.


How's the DT 110?

Not the best performer of the lot, but for the price it'd almost
certianly
out-perform the Coby.

If you find what you like, but it has a speaker, have someone go in it
and clip or lift one wire to the speaker and then you'd not have to
worry about interrupting a church service with a speaker blaring out!
They'd HAVE to use earphones or not hear anything.

Ron Wiebe wrote:

What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe

Dear Mr. Wiebe,

This may sound as though it's coming out of left field (or even from
out of the ballpark), but it seems to me that you do not need a
"top-flight" FM receiver for the purposes you intend. Correct me if
I've misunderstood you, but it seems to me that you need only a
receiver which can be listened to via headphones during services,
internal loudspeaker not needed or desired, extreme sensitivity and
selectivity not needed, but ease of use and stability a requirement.

As I said above, this may be "off the wall," but here goes: my wife is
an inveterate dollar-store shopper and often (TOO often) she drags me
with her. Both in California and Ohio, at large dollar stores, we've
seen FM receivers with headphones (no speaker) for $1.00! I bought one
just to see what you get for a dollar and, believe it or not, it
works. No tuning dial or frequency readout, but the radio "scans" the
band until it finds the signal the listener desires. You could tell
your congregants to "tune" until they hear your service (which is
probably low in the FM band so they would not have to scan very far).

It just seems to me that this might be just the item for which you're
looking. You could buy 100 of them for less than 6 $20.00 radios! Even
if someone inadvertently walked off with one, it would be no loss. And
believe me, no one would deliberately steal one!

Just a thought which I hope is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message ...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe

Dear Mr. Wiebe,

This may sound as though it's coming out of left field (or even from
out of the ballpark), but it seems to me that you do not need a
"top-flight" FM receiver for the purposes you intend. Correct me if
I've misunderstood you, but it seems to me that you need only a
receiver which can be listened to via headphones during services,
internal loudspeaker not needed or desired, extreme sensitivity and
selectivity not needed, but ease of use and stability a requirement.

As I said above, this may be "off the wall," but here goes: my wife is
an inveterate dollar-store shopper and often (TOO often) she drags me
with her. Both in California and Ohio, at large dollar-stores, we've
seen FM receivers with headphones (no speaker) for $1.00! I "had to"
buy one just to see what you get for a dollar and, believe it or not,
it works. No tuning dial or frequency readout, but the radio "scans"
the band until it finds the signal the listener desires. You could
tell your congregants to "tune" until they hear your service (which is
probably low in the FM band so they would not have to scan very far).

It just seems to me that this might be just the item for which you're
looking. You could buy 100 of them for less than six $20.00 radios!
Even if someone inadvertently walked off with one, it would be no
loss. And believe me, no one would deliberately steal one!

If the above interests you, why not try contacting the manager of a
local dollar-store and see if they can obtain some of those radios for
you. (They might even give you a small discount on purchase of a large
quantity!)

Just a thought which I hope is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message ...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe

Dear Mr. Wiebe,

This may sound as though it's coming out of left field (or even from
out of the ballpark), but it seems to me that you do not need a
"top-flight" FM receiver for the purposes you intend. Correct me if
I've misunderstood you, but it seems to me that you need only a
receiver which can be listened to via headphones during services,
internal loudspeaker not needed or desired, extreme sensitivity and
selectivity not needed, but ease of use and stability a requirement.

As I said above, this may be "off the wall," but here goes: my wife is
an inveterate dollar-store shopper and often (TOO often) she drags me
with her. Both in California and Ohio, at large dollar-stores, we've
seen FM receivers with headphones (no speaker) for $1.00! I "had to"
buy one just to see what you get for a dollar and, believe it or not,
it works. No tuning dial or frequency readout, but the radio "scans"
the band until it finds the signal the listener desires. You could
tell your congregants to "tune" until they hear your service (which is
probably low in the FM band so they would not have to scan very far).

It just seems to me that this might be just the item for which you're
looking. You could buy 100 of them for less than six $20.00 radios!
Even if someone inadvertently walked off with one, it would be no
loss. And believe me, no one would deliberately steal one!

If the above interests you, why not try contacting the manager of a
local dollar-store and see if they can obtain some of those radios for
you. (They might even give you a small discount on purchase of a large
quantity!)

Just a thought which I hope is of some use to you.

Best,

Joe

"Ron Wiebe" ron at thebibliophile dot com wrote in message ...
What would you recommend? I need a decent, small pocket FM radio with
digital tuning for $50 or less. It is imperative that it does not have an
internal speaker - it must be listened to through the headphones only. I
did like the button lock switch on this unit.

regards
Ron Wiebe